Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations

NATIONAL MEASUREMENT REGULATIONS 1999 - REG 5

                The Australian legal unit of measurement for a physical quantity mentioned in an item in Schedule 1 is the unit of measurement the name, symbol and definition of which are mentioned in the item.

Note    The Chief Metrologist may issue written guidelines governing the way in which Australian legal units of measurement may be combined to produce an Australian legal unit of measurement -- see Act, paragraph 7B (1) (a).